BEYOND THE FIRST SESSION

In 2009, Resolution undertook the massive endeavour of launching Parenting After Parting with the help of Christina McGhee. This national initiative was aimed at establishing support and education for separating parents that focused on helping them achieve the best possible outcomes for their children.

Since then many lessons have been learned. Perhaps one of the biggest takeaways was the realisation that Parenting After Parting was about much more than just educating parents. The movement also ignited a pivotal shift in how we as family lawyers are seen by the public and how we engage with our clients.

This two-day workshop provides experienced family lawyers, who already understand the challenges clients face, the opportunity to expand their skill set, develop new insights, and gain practical strategies for helping parents put their children at the centre of this process.

Christina, dubbed the “divorce coach by the UK press, gained worldwide attention for her work with three British families in the Channel 4 documentary “How to Divorce Without Screwing Up Your Kids.” Throughout her career she has educated both parents and professionals on how keep kids in the centre, not in the middle, when parents part.

In addition to her work in the US, Christina also played an integral role in helping Resolution develop Parenting After Parting, a nationwide educational initiative aimed at providing high quality, stigma-free support separating parents. She has also had the extreme honour of speaking to Members of the Scottish Parliament as an advocate for children of divorce.

Who is this course for / Who should attend?

Key learning objectives

Gain a greater understanding regarding the impact of divorce on children’s lives.

Develop new insights into the long-term implications of parental separation for teens and adult children of divorce.

Learn why information and logic won’t compel parents to change.

Find out how brain systems and our own hard-wired responses impact co-parenting and your client’s ability to make child-centred decisions.

Discover practical strategies to help clients get unstuck, shift their perspective, craft a clear direction and stay focused on their children.

Expand current engagement skills by learning new ways of speaking with clients that yield better results.

Engage in interactive exercises and case studies to further practical application skills, implement new strategies and develop scripts for engaging with a variety of clients.

Other information

This training will also include a screening of the award-winning children’s documentary SPLIT, a film about divorce for kids and their parents and exclusive preview of the not yet released follow-up film, SPLIT Teen.

Feedback from previous attendees

‘Helpful, informative, empowering and fun!’

‘I feel that the course provided a shift in the way I will deal with clients which I hope will help them explore the way they perceive their matter and looking for solutions which weren’t previously visible’

‘Extremely inspirational, informative and thought provoking’

‘One of the best courses I have been on’

‘Very insightful, different way of approaching issues and to communicate with clients’

‘Refreshing new approach of working with clients experiencing parental conflict’

‘Invaluable and puts reality into what / things I have been reading about and striving to achieve’